Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Kosraean (kos) Alternative Names  Kusaie, Kosrae Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania Typological Information  Nuclear Micronesian language rightwards derivational reduplication seems to be a feature of all nuclear Micronesian languages (Harrison 1973: 438) Reduplication Form-Function  rightwards -CVC-reduplication (verb derivation; detransitivization); leftwards CVC-reduplication (pluralization) Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Forms  Select ValueCVC   Functions  Select Valuelexical enrichment other pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuepartial Semantics  Select Valueother plurality   Word Classes  Select Valuenoun — verb verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Harrison, Sheldon P. 1973. "Reduplication in Micronesian Languages". In Oceanic Linguistics 12: 407 - 454     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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